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MARKET. PROMOTE. SUCCEED.

Rosy Lofer

FALL IN THE CITY. Oil on Canvas, 40" x 30" oil • acrylic • watercolor • mixed media • photography • digital art • sculpture • glass • ceramic • jewelry

Garsot and Helen Kagan

URANIA. Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 48”. 2016

Vol. 36 • May/June• 2016

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CONTENTS

In This issue:

In the May/June issue Art & Beyond continued to cover an upcoming events where in our column Point of Interest we published the article about upcoming Art! Vancouver in May 2016.

Cover

Back Cover

Rosy Lofer

Federico Pisciotta

Inside Front Cover

Inside Back Cover

Garsot and Helen Kogan

Keri Colestock

Art & Beyond proud to announce a collaboration with the Atelier Auction and added a new section where we will be publish artwork by artists accepted and participated in the Auction. In this issue you will find artwork by Internationally know artists Yulia Altas-USA(p.46-47) and Mr. Fu Wenjun -China (p.48-49).

In our Interview masterfully conducted by Justin Hoffman you will find an interesting conversation with a wonderful artist the Publisher Choice Award Winner, Gary Koenitzer (p.36-37).

We are proud to announced the following winners published in this issue.

Congratulations to Rosy Lofer her artwork “Fall in the City” won the Front Cover for May/June Online Magazine.

The Inside Front Cover won amazing work created in collaboration of two pronounced artists Sotirios Gardiakos [Garsot] and Helen Kagan titled "Urania”.

The Back Cover won an artwork "Without Religion” by Federico Pisciotta.

And Inside Back Cover was awarded to Keri Colestock for her wonderful wall sculpture “The Family Tree”.

We would like to congratulate those artists who have been chosen as Publishers Choice Award winners in this issue for their outstanding

artwork.

The Publisher Choice Award to be published

and promoted in the May/June issue was given to following artists: Natalya Parris, Debbi Chan, Sandy Den Hartog, Taras Bibilashvili, Gabi Domenig, Anna Maria Giordano, Jimi Lively, Yorka Ralwins, Barbara Walder, Arthur Jacob,

Ellen Fuller, Irina Vysotskaya, Christopher Reid, Mauricio Paz Viola, Steven Lustig, Robin Apple, David O’Halloran, with One Page article and Kathy Dee, Robin Antar, Don Yaodong Liu and

Gultekin Bilge with Two page article.

We thank all of the amazing and talented artists who participated in the competition and wish

you all great success in your journey.

Publisher Art Director Interview Editor

Mila Ryk Mila Ryk Justin Hoffman Alina Lampert

Art & Beyond published 8 times a year.

Six (6) Online issues and Two (2) printed issues.

Distributed to the galleries, museumes and other

Point of Interest

Art! Vancouver

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Sculpture • Jewelry

Fine Art

Rosy Lofer Taras Bibilashvili Maruka Carvajal Garsot and Helen Kogan Gultekin Bilge Debbi Chan Gabi Domenig Ellen Fuller Christopher Reid Anna Maria Giordano Jim Lively David O'Halloran Irina Vysotskaya Federico Pisciotta Keri Colestock Mauricio Paz Viola Barbara Walder Yorka Ralwins

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Robin Antar Steven Lustig Sandy Den Hartog

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Photography • Digital Art Gary Koenitzer Robin Apple Arthur Jacob Kathy Dee Natalya Parris Don Yaodong Liu

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Atelier Auction Yulia Altas Fu Wenjun

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VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR

MAY 26 - 29, 2016 VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

WWW.ARTVANCOUVER.NET INFO@ARTVANCOUVER.NET PRESENTED BY:

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WHAT TO EXPECT AT ART! VANCOUVER 2016 Art! Vancouver 2016 is making a splash!

Join Art! Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre, May 26 – 29, 2016. The second annual event is set to be an extravagant affair, with the best artists from Canada and around the world on exhibit as well as an in-depth program of special events. These events include: ‘Face of Art’ Runway Attendees get a chance put a face to an artwork. Exhibitors showcase their work down our artist runway. Artists present both their artwork and their personality as they are introduced by our announcer.

Keynote Speaker Series Art professionals speak on various topics such as art collecting, marketing, and appraising. Speakers include Paul Constable, Jim Finlay, and Kathy van Gogh.

15 Minutes of Fame Come join the conversation and find out what inspires our many individual artists. Learn about artist process, choice of subject and aesthetic.

Paul Burgoyne, “IN LOVING MEMORY”, 2015 Off-site Events Off-site exhibitions at Nancy Lord and Leone. After parties at Bauhaus Restaurant and Sai Woo Restaurant. Attendees are encouraged to go on a self-guided tour, visiting our off-site events as well as noted artworks from the Vancouver Biennale.

Come experience an art-filled weekend at Art! Vancouver 2016!

Art! Vancouver 2016 Hours VIP Preview: Thursday, May 26, 5:00 – 7:00PM Opening Night Gala (featuring the ‘Face of Art’ runway): Thursday, May 26, 7:00 – 10:00PM Fair Hours: Friday, May 27, 11:00AM – 7:00PM; Saturday, May 28, 11:00AM – 7:00PM; Sunday, May 29, 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Elena Bulatova, “DEFEFINED REBEL”, 2016

Art! Vancouver 2016 Location Vancouver Convention Centre East Building: Exhibition Hall B 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4

For tickets and more information visit: www.artvancouver.net

Dragan Sekaric Shex, “ARPEGGIO”, 2015

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Rosy Lofer Fine Art

TRANQUILIDAD. Oil on Convas, 60" x 120". Diptych

Rosy Lofer was born in Buenos Ares, Argentina. After moving to Miami in the mid 1980’s, Rosy developed a deep appreciation for art, and her passion was kindled by Miami’s rich cultural community. This passion for art, soon grew into a desire to not only appreciate fine art, but to create it from her own heart.

In 2003, Rosy started to recognize her own talent for painting.

She began her formal art education in 2004 with artist, Carlos Augusto Pereira at HeArt Studio. Under the direction of this internationally known artist, Rosy’s talent in artistic expression has been taken to new heights. Her magnificent and imaginative paintings captivate the viewer with their rich tones, vibrant color, and inspired themes.

In discussing her work, Rosy says, “Creating each painting brings to me an incredible feeling of peace, tranquility, and positive energy. I believe these are the emotions that others feel when they look at my paintings”. Today, Rosy’s work can be found in private collections in many countries, including Israel, Brazil, Panama, Argentina, Canada, London and in many US States.

Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida. January 2015 ArtExpo New York, 2015 Spectrum Miami, 2014 Broadway Gallery, Soho New York. September 2012 Colorida Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal May, 2012 German Chavez, Design District, Miami 2011 www.rosylofer.com 10 • Art & Beyond • May/June 2016

FALL IN THE FOREST. Oil on Convas, 40" x 30"

CIRCLE OF LIFE. Oil on Convas, 40" x 30"

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NEW YORK AND GLOBALIZACION SERIES. Oil on Canvas, 105cm x 135cm

Taras Bibilashvili was born on April 2, 1960 in Zestaponi, Georgia.

In 1977 Taras graduated the Arts School in Tbilisi and the year after began his career as an artist in the workshop of famous artist Professor Zurab Nizharadze. In 1983 Taras studied at the Lakob Nikoladze Arts College and has been participating in many local and international exhibitions since 1985.

In 1994 Taras traveled to Athens, Greece for creative work.

There he met famous artist and sculptor Khristos Ksarakaciano, sculptor, the director of modern museum.

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In 2014 Taras began working at the Artist Pablo Picasso Collection in Artist Star Arts Production, in Artist Star Arts Production Gallery and Art-On-Google.

Taras (Davit) Bilashvili (nickname – “Biblieli”) has held many personal and group exhibitions. He is rewarded with many encouraging rewards for his creative work. His many creative works (painting, sculptor, drawing) are included worldwide in both state and private collections. www.taras-bibilashvili.net

AROUND THE WORLD, Acrylic on Canvas, 12" x 12"

Maruka Carvajal is a contemporary artist based in Washington DC. Born in Bolivia, with Spaniard nationality, an upbringing in Brazil, and after several years living as expat in Asia and the Americas, she brings a multi-cultural perspective of the world and sensations expressed through shapes, patterns and her peculiar use of colors and strokes.

She started painting during college in Brazil, where she graduated as an architect, but with the years she followed her true passions and devoted herself to the visual arts in full. She pursued further studies, including art classes at Chinatown Heritage Centre in Singapore and the Art League in Alexandria, VA. As a member of the Foundry Gallery in Washington DC, the Color8art group, and visiting artist at the Torpedo Factory Gallery in Alexandria VA, Ms Carvajal’s

paintings were displayed in several exhibitions at these and other venues. One of her paintings was acquired by the “Writer’s Center” in the city of Bethesda, MD to be displayed in their permanent collection.

Maruka Carvajal’s work is featured in the cover of the “Art & Beyond” magazine edition of March/April 2014 and also in the back cover of the same magazine in the edition of September/ October 2014. More recently, in 2015 her work is also featured in the Studio Visit magazine volume No. 32.

Using different shapes, lines, and vibrant colors Ms Carvajal expresses in canvas recollections of emotions, impressions and experiences different cities caused on her. www.marukacarvajal.com

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Garsot

and

Helen Kagan

“Muses and Music” Series SYNERGISM Concept

POLYHYMNIA. Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 48”. 2016

The presented collaboration of two pronounced artists, a legendary Sotirios Gardiakos [Garsot] and Helen Kagan [Helen Kagan Healing Arts] is much more than just two artists working together. They define their unique concept as © SYNERGISM, and they invent it as they go.

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Their collaboration gives each artist’s individual gifts a new dimension, a new way to expand into something greater than just their own individual “selves”. The definition of Synergism – is that “the result of interaction of 2 [people, entities, agents] is GREATER than the sum of its parts”. Garsot and Kagan, create their unique Series by painting together,

ERATO. Acrylic on Canvas, 48” x 48”. 2016

simultaneously, on the same canvas, without defined parameters or tasks, freely flowing, integrating their individual techniques, art forms, styles, intertwining, embracing and enhancing each other’s spontaneous colors and movement. Yet... always present in this process, there’s that completely authentic organic holistic Oneness with the Creator, Universe, Source - allowing them to just be “channels” for this amazing spontaneity and synchronicity, and deliver this colorful yummy powerful soulful healing experience to a viewer. Everything - bright colors, energetically balanced composition, ancient theme, embedded healing messages, and of course, the beauty of the Muses and the Music - all this creates an amazing ambiance full of Light, Love, Beauty, and Healing.

“Muses and Music” Series will consist of 9 large square paintings (48”x48” ea), one for each of 9 Muses - bright, light, complex, spiritual, enigmatic, and just beautiful!

We hope you too, find yourself gently guided to immerse into, relax and enjoy an embracing warmth, sparkling brilliance, powerful soulful experience and the healing vibrations of “Muses and Music”- a new unique “Healing Arts” Series by Garsot and Helen Kagan. www.garsot.com www.helenkagan.com

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TURBID PEOPLE. Oil, Mixed Media on Board, 60 cm x 60 cm

Gültekin Bilge Gültekin Bilge is a Turkish Cypriot Artist, born 1945. He received his MA in 1972, graduating from the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. Bilge was shot in the right hand during the 1974 Cyprus War and was unable to paint for many years. The injury led to a dark period in his life, full of anger, pain, frustration, powerlessness, isolation and loss of identity.

These emotions find full expression in his abstract artworks.

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During recovery he worked as an art teacher whilst following developments in contemporary art. Gradually he recovered sufficient use of his right hand to develop a modern style of painting with international reach that is rooted in his Turkish tradition. He developed the Turkish Weave, Turkish Whirling and Dissolve techniques that have become his own language of expression.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE. Oil, Mixed Media on Carved Wood, 74 cm x 71 cm

Bilge’s art philosophy is centred on the concept of concealment. He uses colour to weave many hidden abstract portraits deep into the texture of his works to symbolise that many aspects of human relationships and human society are obscured. Since returning to painting full time in 2005 he has created an extensive portfolio. Bilge has lived and worked in the UK since 2011 and his work has been exhibited

internationally throughout Europe and in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan. During this period he has also received many awards. His works are held in private collections in Turkey, Europe and Japan.

www.gultekinbilge.com

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LOOKING AT VAN GOGH MY WAY ALBUM. On Rice Paper in a Folding Accordion Album, Done in traditional Chinese Styles with ink/watercolor, 30"W x 22"H

Debbi Chan Born and raised in the metropolis of Houston where the glare of sunlit skyscrapers the landscape I was most familiar with did not stop the smooth transition to a landscape of pines and snow in Idaho. What the surprise move did was open my creative mind and allow me to expand and my art to grow.

I took up three new mediums and set my schedule to allow for art to be the focus of my time. The mediums were new but I managed to keep to the traditional Chinese style which I took up almost 15 years ago. Days for me are all about art . Making it keeps me busy and rarely does a day go by without it. If not painting I am gathering for it. Looking out my windows I see the vastness of nature about me and watch wildlife romping that I previously could only have seen in a zoo behind bars.

My tight drawings loosened and the subjects I once was afraid of painting flow across the leaves of 70 ft. Continuous story

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paintings in jumbo folding albums, my newest passion. They are being shown currently at Magnuson Gallery in Kendrick Idaho while awaiting a future home hopefully with WSU in their art museum. After completion I now publish each album as a wordless magazine and make them available to the public. And now the albums are coming to life in galleries you can carry in your pocket. The amazing 3-D app EXHIBBIT allows me to have entire albums on the wall. I have two shows open to the public now and a third will be open any day. You will most likely run into my blogs as well. Hopefully the albums will find their way to a permanent museum that appreciates story telling with art and without words. My time is still about making the art. If you don't make it you have nothing for others to see. http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/sosum

BLACK BUTTERFLIES. Acrylic on Canvas, 100 cm x 140 cm

Gabi Domenig is a through and through figurative Austrian artist.

Since her early childhood she was attracted to the fine arts.

She took classes in nude painting, color theory, drawing and composition. Especially charcoal, red chalk and pastels on paper and primed wood panels were the medium in the nineties.

After her first show in 1999, when she presented 20 large pastel paintings to the public, she began to paint with acrylics on canvas. The strong and bright colors and the way of working with acrylics approached to her nature.

She tries to capture moments and build up emotional tensions. She does not want to shock, stir up or provoke. The viewer of her images should be touched by a positive energy.

For her art should be life-affirming and beautiful, touching and connecting. A language without words.

She paints mostly with acrylic colors and concerns herself primarily with the representation of man and especially of women. Her characters send out varied emotions such as

pride, pain, love, sadness, loneliness, joy and longing. They are sensuous, strong, vulnerable, thoughtful, dreamy, seductive, promising and cautious. For the most part the figures are located in a particular environment cutout. The expression of the eyes should draw the viewer into its spell and animate him to enter in a deeper communication with the figures in the picture. Flowers, plants, animals, patterns and landscape sections are decorative parts, but are usually situated in the background.

Because of her strong color palette she is assigned to the Neo-Expressionism.

Participation in many international exhibitions in Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, South America and USA. She got 6 Awards in the last 2 years.

Single pieces of painted lampshades and T-Shirt you can also find on her web site: www.domenigartdesign.at

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VINCENT. Acrylic on Canvas, 30” x 40”

WOOD. Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 48”

Ellen Fuller Born in 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, Ellen (Ellie) Fuller lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is an award-winning realist painter and an active member of the city’s art community.

From a very young age, art has been a constant source of pleasure for her. From 1965-67, she studied at Philadelphia College of Art, intending to pursue a teaching career, but decided instead, to become a painter. Ellie soon expanded her horizons to include etching, and during the early 80’s, she worked as an assistant to an English graphic designer.

During this time, she became proficient in various techniques including murals, trompe l’oeil, faux finishes, marbling, graining, stenciling, and sign painting. She also designed and executed large stained-glass panels for private homes and offices, restored church windows, and taught stained-glass classes. From 1987-1989, Ellie was an animator (hand drawn images not on computers) for many children’s educational programs, including “Sesame Street” and “321 Contact”.

One of her favorite projects during this period was painting backgrounds and doing “ink and paint” for “The Ring of Truth”, a 6-part series on PBS. Ellie pulls from her broad knowledge of different disciplines when working on her series of acrylic 20 • Art & Beyond • May/June 2016

paintings. Her paintings are represented in private collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the collection of Oprah Winfrey. Ellie's artwork has also appeared in Southwest Art Magazine, The Artist’s Magazine and also can be viewed in the book AcrylicWorks 2, (The best of Acrylic Painting, Radical Breakthroughs). She participated in the Sacred Body Show at the Lensic Performance Center in Santa Fe, and her painting, a self-portrait titled “Masked,” was then displayed at Santa Fe’s Wheelhouse Art Gallery and is presently in the online International 2016 NOAPS Show. Ellie received First Place Grand Prize for her painting Great Egret in the 2015 AWA online Juried Show and her painting Dog with Wallpaper is currently in the 2016 Spring AWA Online Juried Show. www.ellenfuller.com

MORNING MOTORING. pastel on paper, 24” x 18”

Christopher Reid is an internationally recognized artist that paints everything from portraits to landscapes to wildlife. Reid paints in pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and charcoal. His style has been described as “contemporary realism with an emphasis on color and depth.”

“I am passionate about art, enjoy the act of creation, and hope to help people who view my artwork appreciate the beauty already around them. Too many people stumble through life without enjoying nature. Art is a form of communication and it is as important what you say as how you say it. I am an optimist at heart and I choose to use my art to talk about beauty.”

“Direct experience plays a major role in my work. Since nature provides the inspiration for art, I enjoy painting en plein air so that I can be out in nature and incorporate all the senses into my paintings and better communicate an experience of the place. When I paint from photographs, I am able to incorporate all the information I have observed from direct experience about color and light into my paintings. Even my portraits are informed by the thousands of life drawings I have done.” www.ReidsArt.com

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VAMP. Acrilic on Canvas, 72 cm x 80 cm. 2015

Giordano goes beyond simple aesthetic representation, her artworks investigate new realities through a chromatic language, that underlines the unspoken values of the sign and a pictures dialectic full of poetical emotions".

Anna Maria Giordano A neapolitan, Anna moved to Gaeta twenty years ago. After leaving her previous job in 1999, she dedicated herself entirely to the figurative arts.

She started with making and decorating ceramics (such as jugs, vases, plates, tiles....), and afterwards moved almost naturally to painting. Her first painting experiences were strictly figurative, and then, after gaining more skills, she moved gradually to the abstract paintings. She normally uses acrylic colours on canvas, wood or mason wood, but sometimes also mixed media (inclusion of paper, pumice or gauze integrated with the acrylic paint).

"The artworks of the Artist Giordano distinguish themselves by the intimacy concealed behind the represented subjects.

She has succeeded, through a careful and creative research, in creating a personal style and her own visual language, from which express the deeper emotions. So she shows us the complexity of the world and sentiments, originating compositions that have great communicative value. Anna 22 • Art & Beyond • May/June 2016

– Josè Van Roy Dalì, ("Artista nella Storia", 2015).

"The love of the surreal and the abstract invested the creativity of Anna Giordano that makes use of symbols generally accepted in order to make the viewer better discern the description of the pictorial contents. This goes also with vivid colours that emphasize masterfully the pictorial lines.

The painter, master of sonic and colours, is supported by his talent, impetuous interpreter of his sensitive soul".

– Sandro Serradifalco, ("Eccellenze”, 2015).

"A great skill in transfiguring the abstract, with very good versatility and astonishment aimed at the research of an emotive project. Anna Giordano creates her characterized and symbolic intuitive projections, by superimposing signs and symbols of rich material drawing up".

– Jean Charles Spina, ("1st Grand Prix Côte d’Azur”, 2015). www.webalice.it/amagiord amagiord@alice.it

WINGLESS ANGELS. Zinfandel Wine and Acrylic on Canvas

EMPIRE. Bordeaux Wine and Acrylic on Canvas

Jim Lively is an attorney who left the practice of law to pursue his passion full-time as a contemporary figurative and abstract artist. His works have been recognized in numerous juried competitions and publications. He was named to the 2013 and 2014 list of Art Tour International Magazine’s Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art (www.arttourinternational. com). In addition, he has participated in several group and a solo exhibitions across North America and in Europe. Jim has published four books containing images of his art including two novels.

Selected 2012 - 2014 Credits • N amed to 2013 and 2014 list of Art Tour International Magazine’s Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art www.arttourinternational.com

• S elected to represent Southwest Artists and appear in Art Portfolio Magazine, 2014 Northeast Artists vs.

Southwest Artists Edition • P laced Second in the Abstract Category in 2013 American Art Awards for “Layers of Civilization” and First in the Humor Category for “A Second Cup of Coffee” (www.americanartawards.com) • A rt and Beyond Magazine, March/April 2014, Publisher Selection for “Butterfly Effect” and “Breach” from the “Red Wine” series of paintings • A rt Portfolio Magazine, Editor’s Selection for 2013 Landscape Competition for “Five for Fall” www.jimlivelyart.com • j.lively@sbcglobal.net www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 23

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UNDER THE OUTBACK SKY. Oil On Canvas, 92 cm x 61 cm

David O'Halloran

(b. 1974)

David O'Halloran was not just born with a gift for art, he inherited it. His mother is acclaimed artist Judy Pickering and The Great Australian artist Tom Roberts is also his distant relative. Judy was a guest artist with "The Brushmen Of The Bush", frequently exhibiting alongside Pro Hart, Eric Minchin, Jack Absalom, John Pickup and Hugh Schulz. As David grew up, he saw his mother paint every day and attend many of these exhibitions. He was greatly influenced by his mother and Tom Roberts, so it was no wonder that David would follow down the same path.

David was taught solely through his mother's teaching. Being a well- recognized artist herself, Judy, has passed on her own wisdom and knowledge of the arts to her son, David and his son, Mitchel. David's work has been showcased in prestigious and acclaimed exhibitions and shows. He recently showed his work at The RAW Brisbane Showcase in October, 2015 as a RAW artist and was a finalist at the Gympie Gold Rush Art Competition in 2014. His works are held in private collections throughout Australia, the United States, Japan, Italy, Ireland, just to name a few. He has also taught at the Macleay Island Arts Complex, Qld. David loves

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REFLECTIONS ON THE FINKE. Oil On Canvas, 61 cm x 45 cm helping other artists, despite what level they are at, by sharing not only what he knows but with an added confidence and motivational boost, he sees his students soar beyond their own expectations.

O'Halloran really is part of a unique family legacy overflowing with undeniable talent. He is without a doubt a true master of his work. www.ohalloranartists.com

SPRING FLOWERS. Acrylic on Canvas, 80 cm x 80 cm. 2016

PORTRAIT OF THE SON AT THE WINDOW. Acrylic on Canvas, 50 cm x 70 cm. 2016

Irina Vysotskaya was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and currently lives in Germany. She is an experience professional artist who has exhibited her work in over 15 solo exhibitions. The main theme of her work is “the quaint flower line”. Irina is also an enthusiastic photographer with more than 170 Web Albums in Picasa.

Her flower paintings are made in different techniques, mostly with gouache and pastel. Irina also paints portraits and landscapes.

The works of Irina Vysotckaya were sold or donated (including VIPpersons) in 25 countries - in U.S.A., Russia, Germany, Sweden, Finland, as well as in U.K., Poland, France, India. www.vysotskaya.com • irinavys@gmail.com

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THE HERO ON A RED ARMCHAIR. Mixed Media and Oil on Shaped Wood, Plexiglass and RGB Led Lamps, 116 cm x 98 cm. 2014

Pisciotta Federico was born in Rome on 30 October 1975. He graduated in 1993 at the VI Art School in Rome and in 1997 in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, with Nunzio Solendo and Sandro Trotti. After teaching for several years in the capital, he devoted himself exclusively to painting and contemporary art research.

From 2013 lives and works in Fara in Sabina, at his studio "700Artecontemporanea".

He has participated in group exhibitions, solo and international exhibitions in Italy and abroad exposing at some prestigious public spaces such as the Foundation Museum Venanzo Crocetti in Rome, the Stables of Aragona Palace in Vasto, CH, the DAP1 Gallery in Warsaw and Halle 50 at the DomagkAteliers in Monaco of Bavaria.

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One of his latest projects, introduced in Germany in 2014, employs a personal process of painting review, supported by multimedia interactions that recall the obsessive presence of the informatics iconography.

The main subjects staged are taken from the most famous video game player, some created through hybridization between characters of historical and virtual matrix, then placed in a totally alien context to the videogame narrative but easily attributable to our post-social habits.

Its videoplayer in plexiglass, backlit by RGB led lamps, distort the balance of traditional painting, creating a transition space of the picture that underlines the precariousness and the illusions of the post-modern society. www.federicopisciotta.com • federico.pisciotta@gmail.com

Keri Colostock Wall Fifures

INCA DINKA-DOO. Wall Sculpture.

WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. Wall Sculpture.

I am a Contemporary Artist specializing in a wide-range of art and styles. My works are described as colorful, thought provoking, unique and original. I currently have artwork online through my website http://www.kerijoy.net/. My artwork is also available in galleries throughout Illinois. My wish is to continue to create beautiful but also fun works of art fueled by passion and imagination.

l recycle found objects in my pieces so one man's garbage is a Keri 'treasure!' The flea markets provide me with the necessary pieces I need for my work. At times I incorporate polymer clay into my piece. My style has been referred to as whimsical, unique and on the funky side like me! In addition to my website to can stay up to date on Facebook.. https://www.facebook.com/keri.colestock www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 27

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UNTITLED (FROM UNDERWATER SERIES).

Oil on Canvas, 120 cm x 100 cm. 2015

AMETHYST. Oil on Canvas, 120 cm x 100 cm. 2015

Mauricio Paz Viola Self-taught artist Mauricio Ezequiel Paz Viola (b 1985; Carmelo, Colonia, Uruguay) embarked on his artistic journey early in life. Dabbling in plastic art since 7, he has participated in various art competitions in his native Uruguay and abroad. At 14, Paz Viola began to participate in group shows and individual shows nationally and internationally in galleries and museums in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, United States, Italy, among others. His work have been featured in doctoral studies programs in art in universities in Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Spain, and are frequently featured in magazines and art books, among which are Latin American Plastic Art Annual Review, High Impact: the Art of Visual (New York) as well as books in Spain, Argentina, UK, France, etc.

The style of Paz Viola has evolved from realism, landscape and portraits in his youth to surrealism and expressionism. Since his arrival in Chile in 2008, he started to focus on abstract expressionism.

The most notable influences of Paz Viola are Roberto Matta, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Joan Miró, Vasili Kandinski, Max Ernst, as well as Uruguayan artist and friend Javier Gil, who imbued a sense of motion into rigid objects as if everything had a life of its own – a concept expressed in Paz Viola’s series “Nothing in the Void”. www.mauriciopazviola.com 28 • Art & Beyond • May/June 2016

THE ANCESTORS. 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 140 cm x 90 cm x 8 cm

BARBARA WALDER Through the light to the matter My journey of discovery in the artistic use of matter began with the delicate application of pastels. By way of large-scale shapes with bold colours in transparent gouache I came to use solidifying acrylic paint and then to my own CollagenMalerei©. This is created layer by layer. Through constant reduction I get answers to my questions about essence and balance.

Palm Art Award 2015 Art Domain Group Leipzig, Germany Recognition Prize The jury awarded a Recognition Prize in special appreciation of the "artistic quality and originality of your submitted works. This award brings the special appreciation of the constant quality of your artistic work to express."

Art & Beyond Magazin Award Inside Cover Winter Print Edition 2015

Next exhibitions: “Der gemeinsame Nenner” Students of Alfred Darda Bad Reichenhall, Germany 25 August to 10 September 2016 Art Shopping Carrousel Du Louvre Paris, France 21 to 23 October 2016 BARBARA WALDER is living and painting in Principality of Liechtenstein. www.barbarawalder.gallery www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 29

fine art

BALLERINA – BLUE FLORAL. Acrylic on Canvas, 24" x 30"

Yorka Ralwins Yorka Ralwins (B. 1965, La Romana, Dominican Republic) began her painting life in 1999 when she opened a gift shop of hand-painted art in South Plainfield, New Jersey and set up her first studio next door where she taught painting to children, adults, and mentally challenged persons. Murals were her love during that period. She was also attracted by decorative and faux painting, which she incorporated into her business as a working painter. Exhibiting her personal artworks was never a consideration as she felt them too intimate to unveil to critics and the public. Moving to Florida changed that. South Florida awoke the artist with a purpose in her, and she was ready to step out of her cocoon.

The figures, strokes, colors, and effects in her paintings are intended to strike an emotional involvement with the piece.

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Yorka intends to arouse memories and feelings, perhaps spiritual, which compel you to pause and wonder what her story is about. She calls it figurative expressionist work which gives her the freedom to set up a contradiction in the viewer’s mind that asks them to reconcile a familiar image with the sometimes unreal surroundings she places it in.

She emigrated from the east coast of Dominican Republic to the United States in 1974 where she lived a number of years in New York City before marrying and moving to nearby New Jersey. She has three charming children and a golden grandson and currently lives in Port Saint Lucie, FL. At the present she is an in-house artist at Studio 17 Highwaymen & Florida Art Gallery in Fort Pierce, FL. www.yorkaralwins.com

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sculpture

HAMBURGER AND FRIES. Limestone, Marble, Calcite and MixedMedia, Hamburger 11”h X 13”w X 12”d. 2016

ROBIN ANTAR A BFA from The School of Visual Arts (1976-1981).

An award winning artist and sculptor based in Brooklyn, New York, Robin Antar is renowned for her stone sculptures, particularly her realistic replications of icons of American pop culture, as well as her abstract works. Ms. Antar has gallery representation in New York, New Jersey, Texas, California, and Mykonos Greece. Her work has been exhibited at prestigious venues such as: Sotheby’s, New York, NY; National Art Club, New York, NY; Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, NJ;

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City Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University and many more.

Robin Antar has had works commissioned by corporations, and private collectors. Recent commissions include: a Stella Artois beer bottle, New York, a Dr. Marten Boot, England; a Skechers Boot, CA, and a bottle of Chateau Haut-Brion Wine, France.

2 PEOPLE. Yule Marble, 22”h X 18”w X 12”d. 2016

Ms. Antar’s sculptures have been featured in newspapers, such as: The New York Post, Daily News and Las Vegas Tribune.

Magazines, such as: Food Network Magazine, Fashion Manuscript, ArtBusiness News, Sportswear International and The Huffington Post have also presented her work.

Broadcast media coverage has included: NY1, HGTV’s That’s Clever, Fox News Las Vegas, Today in New York, POP Culture Radio, to name a few.

Her sculpture is displayed on the grounds of Hillside hospital, Glen Oaks, NY. Her talents have been recognized with awards from: The NewHouse Foundation Grant, The Allied Artists of America

(Gold Medal of Honor)and several others.

The following books featured her award winning works: Best of American Artists and Artisans; Best of New York Artists Books, and the Guild Sourcebooks (various works appeared in 7 editions).

Robin Antar’s elected memberships include: Allied Artists of America, New York, NY; Pen and Brush, New York, NY and the National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY. www.rantar.com Robin@rantar.com

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sculpture • jewelry FLYING-DANCER.

STEVEN LUSTIG Art - Breath - Movement This art is born out of a love of the human form and its natural motion. It is powerful, passionate, and embraces both human and natural forms. Steven was born and raised near the North Shore of Chicago where he began drawing at a age five. In high school he met a regionally known sculptor and began his fine arts education. During that time, Steven was given a copy of Gray’s Anatomy. He became fascinated by what he saw and immediately began to draw directly from the book, changing the course of his life and starting a lifelong study of the human form. Steven received an art scholarship to Bradley University.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with an emphasis on Biotechnical Illustration. While at the University of Illinois, Steven began to work for the Biomechanical Engineering department.

His early work combining computers, art, and human motion became the genesis of Steven’s fine art, regardless of media.

He would go on to draw, paint and sculpt thousands of interpretations of the human form in his own distinctive

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style. In 1982 Steven moved to Southern California for the opportunity to work at an Olympic research center focused on Sports Medicine and Biomechical Engineering. Looking to the future, Steve quickly recognized the promise of what computer illustration could bring to traditional graphic design techniques.

After seven years of working in corporate presentation graphics, Steven founded BioDesign Communications in 1989. BioDesign was a highly specialized computer graphics company supplying creative illustrations to the Life Science, Medical Device, and Healthcare industries.

Steven has produced medical and life science images for companies around the world, and has illustrated four books, completed a series of life science illustrations for the Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Throughout this time Steven continued to draw and sculpt, dedicating his life to the arts. His fascination with drawing the human form continues to ignite his creative talent and provides him with an endless supply of material. Steven currently teaches a stone sculpting class at the Laguna College of Art & Design. In addition to working as an Illustrator and fine artist, Steven has been the Cultural Arts Chair for the CA PTA and a leading art advocate Statewide. For the past twelve years Steven has been a volunteer legislative advocate, recruiting and training parents, running legislative junkets to Sacramento and leading parents in the cause of public education. Steven is a volunteer art teacher at a local elementary school and has taught students art privately. Steven has studied Kenpo Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with his son and daughter and practices yoga. He lives in Huntington Beach with his wife and two children. www.stevenlustigfineart.com

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beautiful handcut pieces of Teak Wood.

Pendant is a very LARGE piece of rare Butterscotch "Amber".

Sandy Den Hartog is a Native Californian. She now resides in Lake Havasu City Arizona. Her current home, she and her husband had built for themselves, faces the water with the desert a short distance behind and as a backdrop a dramatic and rather large mountain range. With this view Sandy has taken the time to absorb the impact of this beauty and pieced together jewelry that exemplifies each geographical characteristic, blending them into original jewelry objects.

Her work covers a wide range of Style, from Ethnic, Classic, to Over the Top and Everyday Chic. She refers to herself as displaying "ARTISTIC FREEDOM." Sandy loves to mix everything up. The old with the new, and the big with the small. Although quite versatile in her design she leans toward the large and Ethnic Style. Many of Her Designs are created as she sleeps. She considers them to be her most excellent art pieces.

She is an Award Winning Artist. Sandy has placed in numerous Juried Art Shows throughout Arizona. Her romantic pieces of art continue to be showcased at David Rafaels in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Other distinguished pieces of jewelry designed completely from within her personal workshop are in the James Ratliff Gallery in Sedona, Arizona. Malouf on The Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a self taught artist. Her jewelry displays both serene and harmonious qualities that have been regarded as the highest of models.

Gemstones and Artifacts used in her talented designs have been found in her many World Wide Travels. These and and so much more from the nations she has visited, are incorporated into the designs made by Sandy.

Sandy also feels, "If you can't see your JEWELRY from across the room, why bother." sandzibarjc@hotmail.com

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photography • digital art CURIOUS MIND, Digital Art, 20" x 24"

Art & Beyond Interview with

Gary Koenitzer

by Justin Hoffman

From a very young age, Gary Koenitzer was intrigued with the art world. He was born into a family of artists and art collectors and therefore found the creative process to be a natural extension of his life. In his work he uses many unique mediums and has created his own individual styles. His work has been widely exhibited in locations such as New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Q. What is your process for creating a work? Is it always the same?

A. I work with many different methods and mediums to create my work such as graphite, oil, ink, aluminum paint, chalk, acrylic, spray paint, digital, and lenticular art. With lenticular techniques, my method is to create layers the same way one would do for animation work, and this I do using a digital tablet. When creating work on canvas, as well as some digital work, I use a process I invented which I call “Linearmix.”

This starts with free-flowing fragmented lines to shape content or a design. I do this intuitively, such as the way some are able to find the right keys on a keyboard without looking. I have created forty four symbol-like characters, that are meaningless, which I randomly use for shading or added interest. It gives my art a recognizable signature.

There is often a strong sense of color added with a natural symmetry, and more recently elements are reduced into minimalistic vistas.

Q. How do you decide which medium(s) to use for any given piece?

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a still image. Every work I create evolves as I create it. I start only with the idea of the work first, and then decide if I am going with canvas, digital, or the illusion of motion (lenticular). As the work develops I then add as many or as few mediums needed to get the piece to have the depth of emotion I was intending. There is always a lot of experimentation. Different mediums have their own specific range of colors and textures which play a large role as well. Throughout the creation of a piece, I will think of the initial colors and textures that I imagined, but accept the work's evolution. My art comes to life during the process of creating it and not before.

Q. What do you envision a viewer experiences when they look at your work?

A. I imagine a type of curiosity and wonder which transcends routine with something inspiring. I offer an invented visual world one could pull themselves into for just a few moments, or perhaps something they’d want forever. Many of my creations are interpretations of infinity, engaging beauty or a suggested timelessness. I draw, paint,

MELTING PLANET, Digital Art Lenticular, 20" x 24"

SINGS OF SPRING, Digital Art lenticular, 20" x 24" Bottom right.

digitize, and animate a close interdependence between the natural environment and the sentiment beings living in it.

Q. How have you developed your talent - through formal training or otherwise?

A. Because of my upbringing, being constantly around artists and art collectors, by the age of ten I thought I already had a profound exposure to what art actually was about for me. I wanted my art to originate in something more metaphysical which I would attempt to visually describe in the physical world. By the dawn of my teenage years every square inch of my available wall space was covered with my art. By the time I entered high school the concept that one could be taught how to create art literally did not make sense to me. I develop my own methods and style with lavish ongoing experimentation.

Q. How do you promote yourself?

A. I started out as a street artist in Philadelphia which was a tremendous way to connect with collectors, gallery owners, and curators. Then I started searching the “Call for Artists” lists online and entered competitions. I use my own website, garykoenitzer.com and Instagram: @linearartmix. I am also on Twitter: @garykoenitzer.

Upcoming Exhibits: May through November 2016: Philadelphia first Fridays at Second and Arch streets in Philadelphia.

June 5th, 2016: Crane Arts In-liquid Art For The Cash Poor, Philadelphia July 19th - August 13th, 2016: Ceres Gallery, New York City www.koartpro.com/gary-koenitzer www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 37

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REBIRTH 18. iPhonography, 24" x 24"

Robin Apple Reminisce, Rebirth and the Horizon Line Last spring I made a solo road trip from California to Oregon and back, to retrace some steps of a journey that I first made two decades ago coinciding with the beginning of my professional career and the ending of requisite training experiences. The initial trip and my life at that stage 20 years ago, was all about broadening my horizons. On the second trip I was curious about what I would see and feel while looking back at the horizon from this vantage point. I created a series of images in a sepia-like color palette called “Reminisce” to reflect the gratitude, nostalgia and wonder that permeated the trip.

As I completed this journey and began to look toward the next arc of my life, I became equally aware of the promise of

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rebirth and the attendant feelings of enthusiasm and wonder about what might lie ahead. With those feelings in mind, I reprocessed some of the same images from the Reminisce series in a new palette of bright colors to reflect my current state of mind and called it “Rebirth”. From the series of 20 images, I selected 5 to submit to the Art and Beyond Online cover competition.

I used my iPhone6s plus to capture and process images, choosing a few post-processing applications that allowed me to add layers to connote the complexities of life as one looks forward and back, through colors, textures, shading and lighting. www.robinapplepeopleshots.com

SINGLE WHITE ROSE. Digital Art.

Arthur Jacob Jacob reveals the identity of the original image and then through digital manipulation, asks the observer to take a journey of discovery exploring shapes, colors and movement. Even when his work is easily recognizable, the predominate thread of color, movement and shape still exist. Using a mouse rather than a brush, Jacob hopes that his work results in a powerful medium of expression and communication.

His extraordinary art has received accolades from the Medial Museum in London, England. He is also the recipient of two Awards of Excellence from Manhattan Arts International.

Jacob has participated in numerous exhibitions including having a one-person exhibition at the Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA. He has also been awarded

both front and back inside cover placement by Art & Beyond Publications. His many juried and group exhibitions include Best In Show at the Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida.

In addition, Jacob’s creative versatility has propelled his art into many homes and other non-residential spaces. One of his works, Video Display, appeared on HGTV in a segment of Million Dollar Homes. aj@arthur-jacob.com www.arthur-jacob.com

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BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR. Photography

Kathy Dee winner of Best in competition for Exhibition Without Walls Structure and Patterns contest You could say photography was always in my blood. My father, Vester Dick, was a master photography and owned his own studio in Santa Cruz, California. Although I had a camera and loved to shoot from an early age, I wanted to go my own way and became a writer, earning a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. But, in 2007, I had a trauma that affected the part of the brain used for words and writing. I had to quit my job

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and struggled to find a new path. I was at loose ends looking for a creative outlet. Then, after a trip to Costa Rica and some reflection, I realized the most fun I had was taking pictures.

I loved the medium because I didn’t have to think in words.

Unfortunately, my father had passed away years prior and wasn’t there when I needed a mentor. Although I learned a

YESTERDAY. Photography

lot from him, watching and listening to him throughout the years, I realized there was much I didn’t know. I began taking endless classes. I also studied award winning photographers.

I analyzed my shots against theirs and learned what mistakes I was making and worked hard to becoming a better photographer.

photography where even ordinary objects can result in sales. I’ve won a couple of contests and had many honorable mentions. Photography is a never ending adventure and I’m excited to see where it brings me in the future. I currently reside in Eastern Washington with my boyfriend and a dog named Sela.

In the past years, I’ve had close to 1,000 photos accepted on stock websites. I love the challenge of doing stock

www.KathyDeePhoto.com

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SUNRISE, SUNSET. Photograph (not manipulated), 2600x3633

Natalya B. Parris Digital photography is Natalya B. Parris's new passion that started in January 2016. She always liked photography and one of the reasons is that it documents the events and you could enjoy the results immediately. The immediate results of digital photography balance her love for art because it takes many months for Natalya to produce her signature Emotional Counterpoints in Paint – dots artworks that she paints with acrylic. Digital photography gives Natalya the opportunity to travel the unknown and express her favorite principle in art “What if..?” She experiments with colors, color-combinations and the wide verity of visual options that digital photography offers. It also gives her an opportunity to create a dream world with fantasies in vivid colors or to emphasize the focus and hidden message in the photograph. The approach she chooses depends on the photographs she took. Architectural photography links to her “first love” - civil engineering.

Natalya earned basic and advanced degrees in construction engineering from the Moscow State Construction University.

Her nature photography starts with her garden that she calls her hobby and third child. It and a park across the street from her home give her endless opportunities to photograph and later “play with her photos” on the computer. The result is always surprising and if she is happy with it, she considers it a success; if not, a learning opportunity. Creating digital photography is always fun and she is planning to explore this new art form.

You can see more of Natalya B. Parris's art on her Facebook page: Natalya B Parris

privatenbp@hotmail.com https://artavita.com/artists/8737-natalya-b-parris www.linkedin.com/pub/natalya-parris/18/a1b/820/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Natalya-B-Parris/111488538880248

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Don Yaodong Liu Street Photography

HOOKED. 1/160 sec; f1.4; ISO 1000 27.02.2016 Somebody walked in, found a spot, locked down a target of the night while everything was coming and going on, in a club.

Underside the dim light eyes to eyes, hand in hand, they float across the icy land, through the cloud they fly, but never land.

round the upper deck, craving for some sensual touching too desperate.

They can turn the lingerie inside out but no one would give a damn as no one would notice any differences

Somebody walked in, light a fire, snapped on the eyes of the lonely souls hiding in the loud daring crowd, secretly.

The people get friskier now as free-flows of alcohol pouring down on the house floor.

Underside the dim light, eyes to eyes, hand in hand, the tension's getting fiercer, through the smoke they raise and never fall.

Shadows dance the night away

A veil placed upon the skin, a deep hidden mystery lies just beyond the lights

The love for which you prey

From Martini to Ballantine, hookahs to cigarette, they hang

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Should I go or should I stay

My heart is rationed yet inside is hooked

SMOKIE DOKIE. 1/500; f1.4; ISO 5000 06.02.2016 I’ve never understood the pull of the nightlife.

I was always content to hang in my cave and enjoy the homelife.

Every now and then I do wag my tail and purse the trail of the pack, Always lingering right at the back of the crowd.

I follow their scent when they descend into the night, While they ascend the social status stairway.

From my perch at the bar I watch the social sheep dancing to the beat of popularity: I saw the hunters through the flocks of feet trying to find themselves a piece of meat for an all night feast.

Smokie dokie.

I fall on my floor with a case of helicopter head as the room spins in circles and squares in front of my eyes.

My lasting thoughts are of the day ahead; hanging dry and feeling as if I’d rather not waking up the next day at all.

It's just another day in my nightlife.

Smokie Dokie.

THE HOMELESS HOME. 1/50 sec; f1.4; ISO 800 25.02.2016

The mother’s face has shown all its devastations of what as consequences to be homeless yet living a home life The innocent souls is too young to comprehend what a home really means to be. A moment of pleasures has already taken away all the unnecessary sorrows and hardships which are saved for their doomed adulthood to bear such lumpy reality. A muddle age is with no cognitive processes commenced in any thoughts development for their small future.

The reality will slay the youth and an elderhood.

To be homeless is nothing different to be cursed to death.

But remember, they can be saved by hearts, by warm hearts that would lit fire to life.

It’s ironic to see homeless people live under overbridges, because we've failed to create a overbridge from our hearts to theirs. www.skyjactsoasis.com leondon@skyjactsoasis.com

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ALL DREAMS COME TRUE. Mixed Media on Paper, 24" x 18"

Yulia Altas Yulia Altas was born in 1974 in Tula City, Russian Federation and now lives in the United States. She studied Art at Tula Art School and Orel Art College and was awarded with an Honors Diploma in Art & Design. She also received her Master's degree from the Tula City University. Yulia Altas has had 7 solo exhibit ions in the USA, UK, Italy and Russia and 28 group participations in Italy, the UK, Japan and the USA, including at the Eiffel Tower's, Gustave Eiffel Hall and the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Her works belong to private and public collections in many countries and she is an awarded artist.

She was one of a handful of international artists who was chosen to exhibit her name and work on 25-story-tall video billboard above the American Eagle right in the heart of Times Square, Broadway, New York City, exhibition entitled “See Me take over Times Square” art show endorsed by See|Me Group, Inc.

Awards: • The RAFFAELLO SANZIO 2014 AWARD & the Nelson Mandela SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. • Given the title "MASTER" and The "RAFFEELLO SANZIO 2014 AWARD".

• The Prize in for the Artists that are worth for their artistic merit. Awarding of the “Sandro Botticelli Prize” 2014.

• The Prize International Rome Imperial for the Artists that are worth for their artistic merit.

• ITALIA IN ARTE "PIETER PAUL RUBENS AWARD 2015" BAROQUE CONTEMPORARY ART. • International Prize Marco Polo Art Ambassador.

• Critics Award / Premio della Critica • 1° International Noto Award - Unesco Heritage.

• Rome “Awarding of the International Prize Michelangelo Artists at the Jubilee” • Oscar dell’Arte 2015, ArtExpò Gallery in Principality of Monaco. Biennial Prize for Visual Arts "Academy of Art 2015 • “Awarding of the International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci - The Universal Artist”, Florence 2016.

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MEMORY OF SEPTEMBER 11.

Mixed Media on Paper, 16" x 24"

Exhibitions 2015 International Art Biennale Palermo - Florence, Italy. January 11 - 25, 2015.

Oxford International Art Fair. February 2015.

BIENAL de Arte BARSELONA. April 17-19 2015.

ROMART 2015 INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF ART AND CULTURE. May 2015.

ART TRADE FAIR “L'Isola che C'è” Isola festival. October, 2015.

UN-EXPO 2015 and “Art for a better future”. July-August-September 2015.

Progetto “Wunderkammer” Art Exhibition, Italy, November 2015 2014 Exhibition NY Chelsea Montserrat Gallery in Chelsea February 2014.

Carrousel du Louvre, Salon Art Shopping. PARIS, France. October 25th to 26th, 2014.

La Grande Exposition Universal Eiffel Tower, “Gustavo Eiffel Hall”, Paris, France. October 23rd, 2014.

Spanish Society Benevolent Gallery. November, 2014.

Concept Air Fair “Cosmic Connections” Art Basil Week MIAMI. December 7, 2014.

SACI INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION AWARD 2015. December 2014. www.altasdesign.com www.artandbeyondpublications.com • 47

ILLUSORY METAMORPHOSES, GRASS CLOTH VERSION No 2. Conceptual Photography, 140 cm x 110 cm

Fu Wenjun Fu Wenjun, Chinese contemporary artist, was born in Chongqing (China) in 1955. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and currently works on conceptual photography, installation and oil painting. Now he lives and works at Chongqing, China.

For love of oil painting, Fu Wenjun studied the oil painting at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. After graduation, he began to use camera as a tool for his artistic creation. Gradually, photography becomes one of his main artistic forms. Due to his professional training on oil painting, in his photographic works he pays special attention to the visual experience, like

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perspective, form and color. He believes that it is unnecessary to distance painting and photography, the border of the disciplines is open to each other.

Regarding the artistic creation thinking, he concerns most about the culture issues. He thinks the culture is directly related to the human beings and the times; no matter the classic culture or the present culture, only they relate us, they worth our profound study. He has also clearly realized that all history in the world developing to the present time is a global process lasting hundreds of years. In this process, the cultures are enormously influenced, because no one has

ILLUSORY METAMORPHOSES, GRASS CLOTH VERSION No 4. Conceptual Photography, 140 cm x 110 cm

a stable formality, each one is under reconstruction by the interaction with the others.

Since 2014, in the conceptual photography works he has been expressing in a more abstract way. Approaching from the perspective of the relations existing in a multi-image reconstruction and semiotics, with the use of the contradiction and the connection among various cultural nodes, he builds up his own cognitive fields on the culture and the history.

Besides, he also works on the installation art. Recently, at the 1st Asia Biennial and 5th Guangzhou Triennial, he presents the conceptual photography installation work Post – industrial Age, which reflects Asia’s unique civilization and industrialization process, and the temporal and spatial links between Asia and the starting point of Western industrial civilization. www.fuwenjun.com

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